Frederick the Great's daily reading

Lot 36
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Lot 36 | Frederick the Great's daily reading
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FREDERICK II, King of Prussia (1712-1786) – DANTAL, Charles (d. c.1799). Les Délassemens littéraires, ou Heures de lecture de Frédèric II. Elbing: Chez F.T. Hartmann, 1791.

Frederick the Great’s daily literary studies, as recorded by Charles Dantal, his former tutor and early professor of French language at the Academy of Engineers in Potsdam. With ALS by Frederick the Great dated 13 Nov. 1740 bound in. No copies traced at auction. Cioranescu 22267.

Octavo (166 x 95mm). Two autograph letters by Frederick bound in. 19th-century brown morocco gilt by White, all edges gilt (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Two unidentified 20th-century bookplates.
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